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Chicago Heights - Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana (Paperback)
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Chicago Heights - Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana (Paperback)
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In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob,
Charles "Charley" Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia
home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of
money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights.
Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the
working life of a chauffeur and "street tax" collector, earning the
moniker "Little Joe College" by notorious mob boss Albert Tocco.
But when his childhood friend is gunned down by a hit man, Hager
finds himself a bit player in the events surrounding the
mysterious, and yet unsolved, murder of mafia chief Sam Giancana.
Chicago Heights is part rags-to-riches story, part murder mystery,
and part redemption tale. Hager, with author David T. Miller,
juxtaposes his early years in West Virginia with his life in crime,
intricately weaving his own experiences into the fabric of mob
life, its many characters, and the murder of Giancana. Fueled by
vivid recollections of turf wars and chop shops, of fix-ridden
harness racing and the turbulent politics of the 1960s, Chicago
Heights reveals similarities between high-level organized crime in
the city and the corrupt lawlessness of Appalachia. Hager candidly
reveals how he got caught up in a criminal life, what it cost him,
and how he rebuilt his life back in West Virginia with a prison
record. Based on interviews with Hager and supplemented by
additional interviews and extensive research by Miller, the book
also adds Hager's unique voice to the volumes of speculation about
Giancana's murder, offering a plausible theory of what happened on
that June night in 1975.
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